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1 | Genesis 3:1-7 | Genesis | Reformer Joe | 26166 | ||
Paul: You also wrote, regarding Cain's sin: "It's interesting to consider how such a life could be manifested immediately after the fall." It is tragic, but that is who were became after the fall of Adam (note that Romans 5 says that death came through Adam, not Eve). Murder was the way that our total depravity demonstrated itself in the second generation of humanity. That is the kind of person we all once were (Ephesians 2:3). Romans 3:10-18 paints a very bleak picture of humanity, and all human beings are shut up under that judgment. We are no better off than Cain, unaided by God's regenaration in the Holy Spirit. You write: "You've picked a point unacceptable to your thinking, and disqualified a powerful ministry based on this." I think that you and I will both agree that there are very "powerful," successful ministries in this world which have nothing at all to do with the true God. If outwardly transformed lives are the sole mark of a true ministry, then Islam, Buddhism, Mormonism, The Jehovah's Witness, and Branhamism all qould qualify. However, they are all based on a rejection or twisting of clearly set-forth biblical doctrine. It is heresy to state that we need something more than the Bible to understand God. God has provided the complete written revelation of His working throughout history in the 66 books of the Old and New Testaments, and no "prophet" is needed these days to explain the "hidden things of God" since all that humanity needs to know has been recorded in Scripture. Lastly, you write: "I'm very serious about these things, and I do leave them with GOD for final clarity. I'm also very serious when I exort you to do the same." I have no doubt about your seriousness. People are seriously wrong all the time. I do not need to pray to God whether Branham is right, because he has already shown me that he is not. I do not need to ask if Jesus is God's only-begotten Son, because God has shown me. I do not need to ask if David was a songwriter, because the Bible tells me that he is. And I certainly do not need to ask if the serpent is the father of a race of human beings, since Genesis 4 and Romans 5 clearly point out that that is Satanic nonsense. --Joe! |
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2 | Genesis 3:1-7 | Genesis | Paulfromnys | 26180 | ||
In regards to the stature of Bill Branhams ministry, I was referring to the thousands of times he spoke in the name of the Lord with not one instance of what was spoken not comming to pass exactly as spoken, but hundreds of miracles and healings to include total deformation of the body, crippled from birth, blindness, cancer, documented and witnessed by many. NO ONE today, or in recent recorded history has shown the office of a true prophet with "thus saith the Lord" to mark him as one hearing from mouth to ear: GOD. Now you may find many reasons to discredit this in your thinking, but for me, I choose to walk softly in these things. Remember before GOD does any major move in his dealings with us, He declares it through His servants the prophets, and thats exactly what the message by Bill Branham did(Proported to do) - forerun the return of our Lord by setting aright the very agency of our life with GOD - His word. | ||||||
3 | Genesis 3:1-7 | Genesis | Reformer Joe | 26196 | ||
Paul: Examples of Branham's fulfilled prophecies? Specifics, please. Healing ministries are faked all the time. Look at Christian Science. --Joe! |
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4 | Genesis 3:1-7 | Genesis | Paulfromnys | 26302 | ||
I've been removed from Branham circles for a long time. All testimonies regarding his ministry, and the recorded events of his life are readily available. I have delt with many, many people on these issues over the years, and even the most opposed to Bill Branham acknowledge that VERY powerful moves of GODS Spirit attended his ministry. I never saw or heard him in person, but have read, and listened to tapes of most all(close to 1000) of his recorded messages. He was universally acclaimed among penecostal circles(1948-1958) until he began to speak doctrine in the name of the Lord at which point his ministry came under heavy attack from 1958-1966 when he was killed in a car accident. One involved a crippled state senator to whom healing was declared under the banner of "thus saith the Lord". His record on healings is strong(regarding clarity as to be regarded as genuine), as far as speaking about things which were to be, I find his prophecies, and the testimonies regarding them to be much less compelling. But finally all these things fade in importance, and it comes down to the same thing it does with all GODS servants - "if you don't believe me, then believe for the works sake". The actual teaching embodied in the ministry of Bill Branham is what establishes, or disallows his vindication. I've been deeply blessed by the content, and spirit of this man. Serpent seed was primarily the doctrine he brought which stuck in my craw, and it's been there for 25 years. My response to it was much the same as yours, and the others who have responded to my question. Yet in light of what I had heard from him, I did not reject him on the basis of this strange interptation, but left it with GOD. Sinse then I have come to see it much as I'm sharing today, but I still do not have the clarity to say yes, or no in my own spirit. I want you to know that I'm not trying to do anything here but examine some things which I have wondered about for a long, long time. We all have discernment as to who is being honest, and who is being religious; how much more GOD. |
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